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(No Model.)

I. M. PRIEGEL.

TRACE BARRIER.

No. 393.330. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

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A UNITE STATES FATENT mos.

FREDERICK M. FRIEGEL, OF SUGAR CREEK, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-- HALF TOJOHN H. GARVER, OF SAME PLACE.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,330, dated November20, 1888.

Application filed August 15, 1888. Serial No. 282,797. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. FRIEGEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sugar Creek, in the county of Hancock and 5 State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteningsfor Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastenings and trace-carriersfor harness, by means of which the back and hip straps are connected,and by which the traces or tugs are carried when u'nhitched,and when theharness is either on or off the animal. The objects of my invention, inbrief, are, first, to provide a removable fastening by which theback-strap, crupper-strap,and two hip-straps may be connected and heldfirmly together without sewing or riveting them to the fastening, orwithout uniting them by stitches or other equivalent means, and wherebyany of the several straps may be quickly removedand replacedindependently of the others, to thereby permit a defective strap to bereadily removed and mended or replaced by a perfect one withoutdisplacing or disturbing the other straps, 0 which is a greatdesideratum, as it permits an inexperienced person to remove astrap,should it become broken, and attach a new one or otherwise correctthe defect; second, to combine with said fastening a removable and ad- 5justable trace-carrier (or a series of them) so constructed that thetrace or traces when unhitched maybe quickly engaged therewith andsecurely held in place thereby, and of such construction that either aring, link, or hook 4.0 upon the end of the trace may be as readilyengaged with said carrier, and whereby said carriers may be quicklyremoved if it is not desired to use them, the same being simple,durable, and effective.

With these objects in view theinvention consists in the specialconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the several partsof the strap-fastening and trace-carrier for harness, substantially ashereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents in plan view a strapfastening and tracecarriercombined, constructed in accordance with my invention,the fasteningbeing shown as connecting the back, hip, and crupper straps of aharness; Fig. 2, 5 a vertical diagonal section of the same taken ondotted line mm, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan view of the lower plate, showingthe straps in dotted lines, the protector and upper plate andtrace-carrier being removed; Fig. 4, a plan view of the trace-carrier asremoved from the fastening, it showing the hook to which the trace isconnected as turned to a horizontal position; and Fig. 5, a frontelevation of the same.

The strap-fastening consists of the two parts A B, one of which, A,overlaps and the other of which, E, underlaps the straps a, which strapsare the back, hip, and crupper straps of the harness. The lower part, B,of the fastening has a series of upwardly-projecting pins or lugs, b,which extend through perforations in the different straps a, and hasalso an upwardly-projecting screw-threaded central lug,

c, which extends upwardly between the ends of said straps, saidupwardly-projecting lug 0' being engaged by the walls of ascrew-threadedcentral opening in the upper part, A, of the fastening. This under partwill preferably be constructed of cast metal and circular in form,withthelugs castintegral therewith. The upper part, A, which will preferablybe of the same shape and material as the lower part,is dish-shapedthatis,it has an annular downwardly-projecting flange, a",which bears uponthe straps a when screwed down. This upper part, A, has a series ofopenings, 0, formed by a series of ribs, 0 which ribs are aligned withthe upper surface of said part A, thus leaving a space between them andthe 0 straps a, so as to allow the insertion of the trace-carrier O, ashereinafter set forth. The rim of said upper part is ribbed orcorrugated, (or otherwise ornamented,) as shown in the drawings.

The trace-carrier G, which interlocks below the ribs 0 of the upperpart, A, of the fastening, is stepped or cut away at its rear end, asshown in Fig. 2, and has an upwardly-projecting boss, d, at its forwardend, which boss is grooved to admit the entrance of the end of theswivel-hook E,whieh hook is pivotally secured to the lower forward endof the said trace-carrier. As will be seen by the drawings,thistrace-carrier can be readily removed, if desired, and a series of themcan be used.

Direct contact between the fastener and the animals back and anyconsequent soreness which might arise therefrom is prevented by theshield S, of common form,which is sewed to the back-strap at a, andextends backward between the animal and the metal fastener, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wishto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The strap fastening consisting of the lower plate, B, having a seriesof upwardly projecting pin s,b,and a central screw-threaded pin or lug,0, east integral therewith, and the upper plate, A, having the centralscrewthreaded hole and the an nnlar flange a to bear upon the straps,which are inserted between the two plates and engaged by the pins 1/ ofthe lower plate, I), and having the radial ribs a and intermediate tracecarrierreceiving openings 0, substantially as shown, and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a strap-fastening having a lower plate provided with pins toengage the strap, the upper plate, A, having the downwardly-projectingannular flange a and a series of openings, G, in its web, in combinationwith a trace-carrier overlapping the outer edge of the plate A andextending through the openings G and bearing against the under face ofthe web of the plate A, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a strap-fastener for harness having a bottom and top plateadjustably secured together, the trace-carrier O, removably engaging thetop plate and having the swivel-hook E pivotally connectedtherewith,substantiall y as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK M. FRIEGEL.

Witnesses:

Josnrn A. llIINlURN, EnwARn MEREDITH;

